Tag and attaching means therefor



Aug. 22, 1933. 5 555 1,923,602

TAG AND ATTACHING MEANS THEREFOR Filed May 11, 1933 INVENTOR; Sam/11,27, Wzzss,

BY 3 54AM W1,

ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 22, 1933 UNETED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in tags and attaching means therefor for connecting the same to garments and the like, and it consists in the novel features which are hereinafter more fully described.

One of the objects of my invention is to produce a fabric tag which will withstand. the treatment it may be subjected to in iaundries, cleaning and dyeing establishment and the like.

Another object of my invention is to provide said tag with an attachment which does not unduly mutilate the garments or linen to which the tag is attached.

A further object of my invention is to have said tag and attachment simple, durable and inexpensive.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

I attain these objects by the tag and attaching means secured thereto illustrated in the accompanying drawing or by any mechanical equivalent or obvious modification of the same.

In the drawing Fig. 1 is a front view of one form of my improved tag and attaching means; Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof, looking upwardly in Fig. 1.

Similar numerals and letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views, and the thickness of wires and fabrics shown in the drawing is much exaggerated for the sake of clearness.

11d designates the tags in the form of my invention which is shown in Figs 1 and 2.

Each of these tags is prepared to be reasonably proof against the action of chemicals such as are used in laundries and in establishments for cleaning and dyeing garments and the like; and I provide each of these tages with an attaching means of nonrusting round wire, which may be relatively fine, whereby to avoid the tearing of garments and linen, to which said tags may be connected by means of these attachments; and the perforations in the garments and linen, which are formed by piercing the same by means of these attachments, may be of negligible size and not of such a nature as to tend to increase in time through the handling of these garments and linen, as is the case with tag attaching means of the present shape and make, which are generally flat and relatively Wide.

In the form of my invention, which is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 a lyre-shaped staple, having thereon a relatively wide U-shaped base portion 53-55, shoulders 52a and a somewhat narrower leg portion 5252; is placed with the base 55 and sides 53 of the U-shaped portion against the front of the tag 11d, the shoulder parts 52a, which connect the U-legs 53 to the legs 52, are bent through an angle of 180 degrees and said legs 52 are then threaded through the fabric of the tag; the wires at the ends of said legs 52 are then bent forwardly and extended transversely to the surface of the tag, thereby forming a pair of branches for connecting the tag to a garment.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The combination of a tag and an attaching means secured thereto, said means comprising 0 a lyre-shaped staple having parts of the legs at the narrow portion of said staple repeatedly threaded through said tag, whereby said parts are secured in position in a plane which is parallel to the surface of said tag, and the ends of SJ the legs of the staple being bent transversely to the surface of the tag, thereby forming a pair of connecting branches thereon.

2. The combination of a tag and an attaching means secured thereto, said means comprising an originally lyre-shaped staple having parts of the legs at the narrow portion of said staple repeatedly threaded through the tag, the enlarged portion of the staple at the base thereof being bent over the tag through an angle of substantially 180 degrees, and the ends of the legs at the other end of the staple being bent transversely to the surface of the tag, thereby forming a pair of connecting branches thereon.

SAMUEL WEISS. 

